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updated: Fri Jul 18, 2008 07:30 am

Ocoee News

Local news for Ocoee, FL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Yesterday | El Sentinel

Starbucks unveils stores to be closed

Starbucks Corp. , hit hard by the economic slowdown, plans to close about a dozen Central Florida stores and nearly 60 statewide as part of its previously announced plan to shutter 600 locations across the ...

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Related Topix: Altamonte Springs, FL, Sanford, FL, Winter Park, FL, Winter Garden, FL, Lake County, FL

Wed Jul 16, 2008

WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Officer fired after charged with spanking woman

A central Florida police department has fired an officer accused of stripping, fondling and spanking a woman against her will.

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

FloridaToday.com

Police sergeant accused of spanking woman at party

A Central Florida police sergeant has been fired after being arrested on suspicion of throwing a female to the ground at a party, pulling her pants down and spanking her with a belt, according to a report by ...

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Sun Jul 13, 2008

WBZL-TV Hollywood

SunPass or not, you still must pay toll

Q I mistakenly drove through a SunPass lane at the Commercial Boulevard exit of Florida's Turnpike , but I don't have SunPass.

9 comments

Related Topix: Fort Lauderdale Metro, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Miami Metro, Palm Beach County, FL, Wellington, FL

Fri Jul 11, 2008

WFTV.com - WRDQ

Police Sergeant Charged With Attempted Sexual Battery On Woman

An Ocoee police officer was arrested Thursday afternoon and charged with attempted sexual battery on a woman at a party hosted by a fellow police officer on Monday.

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FirstCoastNews

Officer Charged With Spanking Woman at Party

A central Florida police sergeant is free on bond after being charged with stripping, fondling and spanking a woman against her will.

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Thu Jul 10, 2008

www.wftv.com | CrimeFinder

Ocoee Police Officer Under Criminal Investigation

The Orange County Sheriff's office is investigating Ocoee Sergeant Tom Maroney because of allegations of a sex crime.

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Wed Jul 09, 2008

Local6

Police Officer Accused Of Sexual Battery

A Central Florida police sergeant is the target of a sex crimes investigation, Local 6 has learned.

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The Orlando Sentinel

Man wanted by deputies captured after nearly drowning

Deputies rescued Marcos Antonio Agosto from nearly drowning after he tried fleeing from them on Tuesday.

51 comments

Related Topix: Orange County, FL, Orlando, FL, Orlando Metro

Thu Jul 03, 2008

WDBO-AM Orlando

Three armed suspects caught after trying to run over deputy

A frightening morning on the roads in Pine Hills. Orange County deputies say they saw a man in a white Nissan Maxima, pointing a rifle at the occupants of another car as they drove West Colonial Drive at Paul ...

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Related Topix: Pine Hills, FL, Orange County, FL, Clarcona, FL

Wed Jul 02, 2008

WESH

Taxes Remain Steady As Property Values Drop

As the housing market remains in a well-documented slump, homeowners are left wondering why property taxes are holding steady as their home values decline.

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Related Topix: Apopka, FL, Orlando Metro, Orange County, FL

Sun Jun 29, 2008

Orlando Business Journal

Conventional Wisdom

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL

Fri Jun 27, 2008

The Orlando Sentinel

Teacher of the Week Julie Ann Billig

Grade and school: This was my first year teaching students in fifth grade who are autistic, at Thornebrooke Elementary School in Ocoee.

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Related Topix: Apopka, FL, Orlando, FL, Orlando Metro, Health, Autism

Wed Jun 25, 2008

The Orlando Sentinel

Hospitals across Florida save as nurses go online to set up their work schedules

Once a month, Gwenn Black sits down at her home computer in Rockledge and schedules her work hours.

2 comments

Related Topix: Rockledge, FL, Brevard County, FL, Palm Bay, FL, Melbourne, FL, Winter Park, FL

Mon Jun 23, 2008

The Orlando Sentinel

Ocoee seeks stability after firing police chief for 'series of bad judgments'

Even as fired police Chief Ron Reffett made a public plea for reinstatement Wednesday, city officials vowed to bring stability to a police department rocked by his dismissal.

28 comments

Related Topix: Orange County, FL

Sat Jun 21, 2008

FireFightingNews.com

Woman In Critical Condition After Car Collides With Ambulance

A 60-year-old woman remains in critical condition after her car collided with an ambulance this morning in west Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL

Thu Jun 19, 2008

BroadcastNewsroom

Best Buy to Support Orlando Digital Transition Test, Helping...

Best Buy Co., Inc. : -0- *T What: Local Best Buy BlueShirt employees are conducting in-store workshops to help consumers prepare for the June 25th Orlando digital transition test.

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Related Topix: Best Buy, Retail, Daytona Beach, FL, Melbourne, FL, Sanford, FL

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Residential Real Estate

Nonprofit building 54 affordable homes in Ocoee

Neighborhood will offer single-family houses for $160,000-180,000. Orlando Business Journal - by Anjali Fluker Staff Writer Lewis Kellom believes many hardworking people in Central Florida need homes they can ...

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Related Topix: Orlando Metro, Apopka, FL, Orange County, FL

Sun Jun 15, 2008

The Orlando Sentinel

Retiring? Not for him, says Orange County Tax Collector Earl Wood

As he approached his fourth decade in elected office, 91-year-old Orange County Tax Collector Earl K. Wood groomed a top deputy to take over when he finally left politics.

45 comments

Related Topix: Orange County, FL, Winter Park, FL, Orlando, FL, Orlando Metro

Fri Jun 13, 2008

WBZL-TV Hollywood

Charter school system debated in Weston

Some love the idea of Weston forming its own charter school system. Others hate it.

38 comments

Related Topix: Davie, FL, Orlando Metro, Weston, FL, Pembroke Pines, FL

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